What Only You Can Know

"You must never accept, and you must never reject. Listen deeply, and then you must decide for yourself if it is true."

This was what Roshan, my first yoga teacher taught us on day one of our training. It hit me so deeply after a life of everyone always telling me "This is just how it is and you had better do it and be quiet and believe me because I said so." 

So boring.

In vedic philosophy there is a key teaching in the Sutras (Vedic Scriptures) called Viveka Khyati; which translates as Discriminative Wisdom.

A knowing that is bone deep, absolute and unwavering.

An ability to decipher for one's own self what is real and what is false even when your gut is telling you the exact opposite of what everyone and everything around you is saying.

Your own inner scientist asking, "Is that true? Is that real for me? Am I going to keep that as truth within my reality? How does it feel in my body when I believe that to be true?"

I feel that this is a fundamental life principle, one that I am teaching my son every day and also the first teaching I share in every training I've ever facilitated.

We live in a world of experts

and conflicting information

and lots of opinions.

If you go looking, you will find the science

and the evidence

and the specialist who is not to be questioned

to back up anything and everything that anyone has ever said. 

The only way to navigate this minefield is to become the researcher, to step into the seat of the Guru and reclaim your birthright of Power. The power of knowledge and the clarity to discern your own Truths.

I'll leave you with this, the Truth will always feel like peace in your body. 

Read that again...

The Truth will always feel like peace within your body.

So listen deeply, always, and then ask your body... "How does it feel when I believe that to be true?"

If you don't feel a homecoming, like the deep sigh of snuggling up in your own linen sheets after a long time away... then keep asking questions and keep looking. The truth is always looking for you too.

You're going to need this, because in tomorrow's email we start our training together. We're going to talk about the fabric of the universe and it's possible that I'm about to turn everything you thought you knew upside down. 

I'm over here loving you to pieces and then back to wholeness again! 

- Mel xxx